Improvement in hasp-locks



UNITED STATES PATENT Orrrcn.

E. GAYLJRD, OFTERRYSVILLE, CONNECTICUT.

IMPROVEMENT IN HASP-LOCKS.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, E. L. GAYLORD, of Terrysville, in the county VofLitchfield and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and usefulCombination of a Hasp-Lock and Thumb-Bolt; and I do hereby declare thatthe following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings and the letters ofreference marked thereon, making a part of this specification.

This invention relates to a new and useful combiizaion of a hasp-loekand thumb-bolt, which is applicable to trunks, boxes, and all articleswhich are provided with a hinged lid. The invention, however, is moreespecially designed for fruit-crates, such as are used for conveyingberries and other small fruit to market. At present a lock of `usualconstructionin most cases a padlockis applied to the crates, and thetime and `trouble in locking and unlocking the same preclude such, orany other lock,being used when the fruit is on sale at the distributingcenter.77 The crates cmseqnently are kept in an exposed and unlockedstate and liable to beinj ured and stolen.

My invention admits of thelids of the crates being temporarily fastenedby the thumb-bolt so that they can be opened and closed rapidly whileshoving the fruit to customers at the distributing center, thethumb-bolt being used for this purpose, while all the advantage andsecurity ot' a lock is obtained when the latter is required, as inshipping the fruit from the distributing center to the localities of theretail or small dealers.

ln the accompanying sheet of drawings, Figure l is front view of myinvention; Fig. 2, a detached inner side view of the lock, showing itsinterior construction.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the twogures.

To enable those skilled in the art to fully understand and construct myinvention, I will proceed to describe it.' l v A represents a hasp, anda the joint thereof, which connects the two parts b c of the hasp, thepart b being attached to the lid of the crate or other article, andthepa-rt c allowed to swing or hang freely from the lower end of b, aswill be fully understood by referring to Fig. l.

B is a socket which projects from a plate, C, the latter being attachedto the front of the body of the crate, and in such a position relativelywith the lower part, c, ofthe hasp as to admit of the socket B, when thehasp is in contact with the front of the crate, passing through anopening in C to allow said socket to receive the bolt of the lock whenthe bolt is thrown down under the action of the lockis within the samecase another one,f, which is a thumb-bolt, and is by the side of thelock or key-bolt d, the same spring, e, serving for bothbolts. the topof the lock-case, and is formed with a lateral projection, g, at itsupper end, to admit ofthe bolt being raised by the thumb and drawn outfrom the socketB. It will be seen, ofcourse, that either bolt may beoperated independently of the other. 1n cases where the lids of thecrates require only a itemporary fastening-as, for instance, when in thedistributing centerthe thumb-bolt f is only used, the lock or key-boltbeing raised out of the socket. The thumb-bolt may be actuated with thegreatest facility, and, although only a temporary fastening, answersevery purpose for preventing the handling ot' the fruit and thepilfering thereof', when on sale at the locality above mentioned.

This device may. be constructed at a very moderate cost, equally so asan;T of the hasplocks hitherto made,. and cheaper than an ordinaryhasp-lock, and a separate or independent slide-bolt or catch.

I do not claim, broadly, applying ,fand affixinga lock to a hasp, as Iam aware that such is not new; but,

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, ist The lock-bolt d and thumb-bolt f g,constructed substantially as described, when so arranged that the springe presses directly against the former, and through it exerts pressure onthe latter, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

E. L. GAYLOBD.

Witnesses N. TAYLOR BALDWIN, MARY R. GAYLoRn.

The thumb-boltfextends through

